Chapter 14 Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
tug of war “ She seemed a bit unsteady. She ushered me inside, not saying anything. Janis Joplin was loud on the stereo.”
The Little Princess “her face was shiny. Was she crying? No way. The DVD player was on, and I recognized the movie. A Little Princess. One of the premieres we went to in Hollywood. Not my favorite. But I knew it was based on a classic book and it had a happy ending.” Hollywood
Paper Trail
“I had no clue where the hatch was. Dad had mentioned there were GPS coordinates. And a code. Knowing him, they were only in his brain. He never liked a paper trail. ”
pins and needles “He stood there, clenching and unclenching his hands.” “What’s wrong?” “Nothing. Feels like pins and needles. Must be too much typing. ”
Literary Devices “u have to find us. Eddy’s reply was short but meant everything to me. BTWBO. Be there with bells on.”
“My father lied, kept us down here with the lies. That night when his hands smelled like fuel and he was so out of breath. He’d been setting the RV on fire.....The facts started to sink in.”
“It took every ounce of self-control in me to walk the other way, go to my room, and shut the door. I couldn’t let him know what I knew. Not yet.”
“I wondered if it was really Eddy, or if it was just someone screwing with me.” “I realized I was screwing up, leaving you all so much for work.”
“I felt so stupid for waiting so long to question things.
For being this much of a sheep.
Listening to everything Dad said. Believing him. Worshipping him. No more. No way. I was done.”
Chapter 14
Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
tug of war
“ She seemed a bit unsteady. She ushered me inside, not saying anything. Janis Joplin was loud on the stereo.”
The Little Princess
“her face was shiny. Was she crying? No way. The DVD player was on, and I recognized the movie. A Little Princess. One of the premieres we went to in Hollywood. Not my favorite. But I knew it was based on a classic book and it had a happy ending.”
Hollywood
Paper Trail
“I had no clue where the hatch was. Dad had mentioned there were GPS coordinates. And a code. Knowing him, they were only in his brain. He never liked a paper trail. ”
pins and needles
“He stood there, clenching and unclenching his hands.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Feels like pins and needles. Must be too much typing. ”
Vocabulary and Concepts
obsolete
suspicious
confront
Literary Devices
“u have to find us. Eddy’s reply was short but meant everything to me. BTWBO. Be there with bells on.”
“My father lied, kept us down here with the lies. That night when his hands smelled like fuel and he was so out of breath. He’d been setting the RV on fire.....The facts started to sink in.”
“It took every ounce of self-control in me to walk the other way, go to my room, and shut the door. I couldn’t let him know what I knew. Not yet.”
“I wondered if it was really Eddy, or if it was just someone screwing with me.”
“I realized I was screwing up, leaving you all so much for work.”
“I felt so stupid for waiting so long to question things.
For being this much of a sheep.
Listening to everything Dad said. Believing him. Worshipping him. No more. No way.
I was done.”
“Feels like pins and needles. ”